According to Australian media, Jie Shao's lawyer Mary Underwood said her client was a university graduate and specialised in dermatology, practising in the UK and China.

She was denied bail at hearing on Thursday.

Police said they are considering further legal charges against Jie Shao following the death.

According to the The Medi Beauty's website they have four branches, one in Sydney and three in Melbourne.

The website describes them as "laser and contour" clinics and a "state-of-the-art beauty service based on the latest medical technologies".

Their Facebook page indicates the Sydney branch only opened in May, in Central Park Mall on Sydney's busy Broadway.

Australia's Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) said in a statement they were "also assessing a complaint about a registered medical practitioner at the practice".

Professor Mark Ashton, president of The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, said in a statement: "We cannot emphasise enough the importance of people being aware of the risks and doing their research into the qualifications of their practitioner and facility where their procedure is being conducted."